JOTT Jamboree On The Trail started 13 years ago in Canada and has ended up in Wales! What a journey. This annual event brings Beavers, Cubs and Scouts together with their siblings, parents and pets for a ramble in the countryside. 1st Radyr Scout Group walked in Forest Fawr amongst bluebells, wild garlic and budding Spring foliage on Saturday the 8th of May. This event provided an opportunity for Beavers and Cubs to mix, parents to avoid the early morning supermarket run and siblings to join in the fun. Excitement amongst the Cubs is building as Summer camp approaches……….the largest ever for Radyr Cubs……………..it promises to be another fun filled occasion .
25th ANNIVERSARY On Sunday, an event was held the Old Church Rooms where Community In mid-May the Twinning Fellowship, Council Chairman Rachel Granger, St Community Council and residents of Philbert Mayor, Monique Rabin, and Radyr & Morganstown welcomed fifty- the two Fellowship Chairmen Maggie six visitors from their twinned town of St Roberts (R&M) and Alain Fourrier (StPh) Philbert de Grand Lieu situated just signed a Re-affirmation of Friendship south of Nantes in France. .Also signing with them was Dr Kay It was the 25th anniversary year of the Swinburne MEP. The document is of signing of the original Friendship Pact unique design by artist Pat Aithie, a and a programme of events was Cardiff artist, and will be on display in arranged, including a visit to Cardiff the Old Church Rooms while a copy will Castle. On Saturday evening a salmon be displayed at the Town Hall in St buffet and Dance was held in a grand Philbert. Other distinguished guests marquee at Radyr Golf Club where a included Mdme Claude Annick Rapport, Celebration Cake was cut. French Consul for South Wales and County Councillor Rooms, Radyr. On Sunday evening Rod McKerlich. Morganstown Village Hall was filled to The Community overflowing as an ‘Ascot type Posh Hat’ Council were then picnic and horse racing event was held. presented with a The weather was superb for the whole ceramic plaque by weekend and was enjoyed by all and the the French Council French visitors returned home on and the Fellowship Monday morning and a return visit to St presented with a Philbert is planned for May 2011. metal sculpture of This event was sponsored by the a cockerel by the European Union. French Twinning Committee. Both For more information on the Twinning will be on display at Fellowship contact: the Old Church [email protected]
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The 23rd Festival kicked off with a “Wiggy” – Steve Wiggins of Real Radio, Giant Peach and many, many witches. swing at René’s Jazz Café. Raymond along with civic dignitaries, led the It’s thanks again to Jane Morris for her Rivron and his jazz band had all those Festival Parade through the roads of skill and creativity. What about that toes tapping and the wine tipping! Radyr to the Festival Fete. Hundreds of illuminated Big Friendly Giant in This was a prelude to a later event at people turned out to see children and Windsor Gardens erected by Radyr the Golf Club – “Jazz on the Patio”, adults, dressed in Roald Dahl character Scouts? The parade wended its way to which was just as successful with over costumes, marching and dancing to the Festival Fete at the OCR where 160 members and residents enjoying the music of the City of Cardiff Brass Wiggy officially opened the event. sitting out in the “sun”, taking in the Band. There was Willy Wonka, The This was followed by dancing by the views across Cardiff and listening to Twits, Matilda, Mr. Fox, Charlie, The “Dance Angels” all in the pink and the captive music. Big Friendly Giant, two James’ and the …continued on page 11 BUSY TIMES AT RADYR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Year 6 pupils building bridges for Y6 K’Nex Challenge
Fun at Stackpole for Year 6…see articles on page 7 COMING EVENTS THE CORN IS Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much. One of the auditoria in Clwyd GREEN Theatr Cymru’s home base at Mold is named after him. Many theatre goers were disappointed The Corn is Green can be seen at that the professional Swansea-based Morganstown Village Hall at 7.30pm theatre company, Fluellen, did not on Thursday, 23rd September. Tickets N.B. Details of all coming events can be found in appear at this year’s Festival. Instead will be available from early August. the Diary section of the website we saw Rhodri Miles’s excellent one- www.Radyr.org.uk JUNE man show Burton, now happily 7 Radyr & Morganstown Women’s Institute established in Hollywood. Fluellen ‘What the Postman Saw’ a talk by David have been a regular at the Festival for Salter. Old Church Rooms Radyr 7:30 pm 19 MIDSUMMER SIDINGS SIZZLER. Come a number of years bringing excellent NEW WEBSITE and join in with all sorts of activities, productions like The Odd Couple, A LAUNCHING IN JUNE including Dance, Drama, Graffiti, Circus Midsummer Night’s Dream, Under Skills, Craft and loads of food for 11-18s plus Milk Wood and The Caretaker to Welcome to the Radyr & wine tasting and other activities more specifically for over 18s. Events throughout Morganstown Village Hall. They had Morganstown Community web the day. Community Area, Lychgate to give this year’s Festival a miss site! Gardens, Radyr Sidings. A postponed because their summer production did Festival event (moved from 8th May). Free Croeso i Wefan Cymuned Radur entry. (Note that parking at this venue is not open at Swansea’s Grand Theatre limited; you are encouraged to walk if at all until early June. a Threforgan! possible.) Sponsored by Taylor Wimpey. 12:00 pm Happily they have been persuaded to Cefnogir y wefan hon yn ariannol 27 Tenovus sponsored Walk with free return to Morganstown Village Hall gan Gyngor Cymunedol Radur a Strawberry Tea for all sponsored walkers. 2 this September with Emlyn Williams’s pm from Cardiff Castle To Christchurch, Threforgan. This site is provided Radyr. For sponsor forms and more details best known play, The Corn is Green. for the Community with the please ring 20842096 2:00 pm George Emlyn Williams was born in support of Radyr & Morganstown 27 Tenovus Strawberry Tea. From 3.15 pm at Mostyn, Flintshire into a coal mining Community Council. It is run by a Christchurch Radyr. Tickets: Adults £4 family and The Corn is Green is semi- Children £2 Please ring 20842887 3:15 pm team of volunteers, with the autobiographical. It tells of how technical support of Dark Green Morgan Evans escapes from the pits Media, who have created this to study at Oxford through the efforts of a spinster school-mistress, Miss new site. EDITORIAL Moffatt. A pattern which Emlyn We hope that you will find this Williams himself followed. new site easy and interesting to Miss Moffatt is a part much loved by use and that it contains all the actresses and has been performed on information you need. We can We have recently received several film by both Bette Davis – herself of only improve it with your help, so emails addressed to us via The Welsh extraction – and Katherine please contact us at any time with Hepburn. In fact, The Corn is Green is Community Council. This indicates suggestions, corrections and rarely out of production, being almost that people believe that we are additions. more popular “across the pond” than connected to The Community in this country. These are the words that will Council. greet you when you look at the Emlyn Williams went on to become a Community website This is not so. We have no famous actor and playwright. Among connection with either The his other best known plays is A Night [www.radyr.org.uk] any time from Community Council or The Radyr Must Fall. A young actor – Richard the middle of June. Please look Association. Burton – made his west end debut in out for our new design and re- his play Druid’s Rest and Emlyn visit your favourite parts of the We are a completely independent Williams directed Burton in the film site. Meanwhile, log on to the group of amateur, non-profit making The Last Days of Dolwyn. Soap Box to join the conversation volunteers. All communications about this new development. should be addressed strictly to us at Emlyn Williams appeared in such films [email protected] as Jamaica Inn and The L-Shaped Room and wrote the screenplay of F O R S A L E Letters, articles, reports and other contributions are invited and should be submitted by Roma-compact foldable lightweight wheelchair July 15th. Submissions may be subject to editing at the Editor’s discretion. Black and red aluminium with unused modular The views expressed in the Radyr Chain are not necessarily those of the Editors. cushion Editor - Mary & Robert Pearce, 1 Windsor Grove, Radyr. 2084 2615 Bought in February, only 3 months with previous E-Mail address - [email protected] owner and in very good condition. What’s On - Mary Pearce, 1 Windsor Grove, Radyr. 2084 2615 Advertising - Jerry Bray, 41 Hazel Tree Close, Radyr. 2084 3387 Perfect for taking with you wherever you go E-Mail address - [email protected] due to its light transport weight and compact size Hon. Treasurer - Victor Evans, (to whom donations may be sent; they will be £280 gratefully acknowledged) 3 Woodfield Avenue, Radyr CF15 8EF. 2041 2869 If interested Contact Mari on 07890 188569 Distribution - Chris Wills, 1 Llwyn Drysgol, Radyr. 2084 2197 www.morganstown.org.uk is…a one-stopshop for local information 3 A New Library for Radyr change the legal agreement, it is probable that the Sidings site will be and Morganstown lost to our community. In my view, CAN YOU The front page article in the April Taylor Wimpey is adopting an edition of Radyr Chain set out the unworthy position; the offer of land HELP? two options for the construction of a was contingent on their obtaining new, larger library for Radyr and planning permission to build and In the February edition, you Morganstown. Residents were sell a quantity of homes. They have kindly printed an article in asked to return a yellow slip setting built more than in the outline plan; relation to Kyle’s Goal and out their preference; 319 favoured the homes are selling well. Why raising awareness for his charity. building a new library in Park Road should they seek additional, Kyle is a pupil at Radyr while 180 wanted it to be built on the undeserved profit at the expense of Comprehensive School and will site in the Sidings. Two competing our community? I will look for the be known by many of the petitions were drawn up and the one support of our community in school’s pupils especially in Year favouring the Park Road site had advancing this argument forcibly. 8. Unfortunately, Kyle’s 750 signatures which were condition has not improved If any resident wants to meet me to considerably more than the petition sufficiently to allow him to return receive further information, my in favour of the Sidings site. These to school and he remains in the contact details are below; if the results were in line with the views hospital environment. expressed by respondents to the numbers are large I will arrange a Village Plan survey. I have to public meeting. As this is a matter of In order to continue to raise conclude that the overall wish of the considerable local interest, I will ask funds for local rehabilitation community is that the library should the Editors of the Chain for space to resources, my husband John be situated in Park Road. give further updates. and I are taking part in the British County Councillor Rod McKerlich Gas Great East Swim to raise When I was elected as your County money for the charity. This is a Councillor in May 2008, I Tel: 20843106 e-mail: [email protected] one mile open water swim held discovered that the Council at Alton Water Reservoir, Executive had decided in 2005 after Ipswich, Suffolk on the 19th some local consultation that the June. It is one of four open library should remain in Park Road; water swims held each year this was broadly in accord with the SUMMER FAYRE AT which is sponsored by British wishes of the Community Council BRYN DERI PRIMARY Gas. Both professionals and and Community Association who SCHOOL amateurs take part including supported this position but also local Olympic and wanted the land at the Sidings to be Come along and join in the fun at commonwealth medal holder used for a community purpose. For our Summer Fayre in Bryn Deri and former City of Cardiff club a variety of reasons, no progress Primary School on Saturday, 19th swimmer David Davies. was made in any of these projects June, 2010. It will start at 10:am We would be grateful if any of between 2005 and 2008 but a sum and finish around 12:00 noon. of approx £400K in planning gain is your readers are able to make a available to partially cover the cost You could race against your contribution by way of a and this must be spent by October friends on the Krazy Karts or try donation/sponsor to the charity. to beat the goalie at our penalty 2012. I am now anxious to move on, Please contact us on Telephone shoot out – maybe even win a after all necessary consultation, and Number 2084 3927 or build our new library in Park Road. I coconut on the coconut shie. [email protected] if you would Little ones could have their face understand the disappointment of like to offer any amount. painted or a bounce on the those who favoured the alternative Donations can be made direct to bouncy castle and mum and dad site (and there were good Kyle’s goal – Ac. No. can enjoy a nice bacon roll with a arguments in favour of either site) 4360913002 at Leeds Building cup of tea or coffee. From the but now we must move on together Society by cash or cheque or via adult tombola to ‘splat the rat’ to plan the new build, get planning PayPal. permission, make interim there is plenty of entertainment arrangements for library facilities for all. Many thanks in anticipation of and accommodate as many your support. So don’t miss out, pop along and desirable, new features as possible. enjoy yourselves for a couple of To set this in motion, I will meet Lesley & John Watkins, hours – we look forward to Council officers in early June to Min Y Coed, seeing you there. initiate the project. Radyr. Bryn Deri PTA If we are unable to persuade the developer, Taylor Wimpey, to www.morganstown.org.uk is…a photo-archive for our local community 5 paths, they all saw him. To Mr. Cardor’s Busy times at Radyr Primary School embarrassment, they all started laughing and pointing. He got very angry by this We have had another busy few weeks A TRIP TO STACKPOLE and got annoyed that Stackpole village with lots of interesting and fun things - A pupil diary was blocking his view. So he told his happening. Straight after Easter, Year workers that they could have a two On Monday, 19th April, a coach arrived week holiday from work and they would 6 spent five days at National Trust at Radyr Primary to take us and 37 other Centre at Stackpole in Pembrokeshire. still be paid. Sounds pretty good, pupils to Stackpole in Pembroke. After a doesn’t it? But there was a catch. In this They had a fantastic time which you tearful goodbye to our parents, we set can read all about in Amy and Abi’s two week holiday, the villagers had to off on our two hour journey to our move the village, stone by stone, about diary for the week. destination. The coach was buzzing with half a mile down the road, so that he X1 Wales spent three days at the excitement and laughter. After about an could look at the beautiful view. Imagine school with every class taking part in hour, most people were getting hot and having that much power! A bit harsh on needed a toilet break. So we stopped off a K’Nex challenge. The challenges set the villagers, though. at the services in Pont Abraham. When by organiser Mark James had all the we got back on the coach, we waited Anyway, back to the diary … When we children thinking and working as a another hour until we got to Stackpole. got back to the centre, we had some tea. team. Year 6 had to build a bridge to We were starting to pass lots of fields It was jacket potato – yum! Then we span 1 metre and hold a 2kg weight. with cows and sheep, which must have had a mouth-watering dessert of Another group had to make a been a sign that we were in the chocolate gateaux. When that was lighthouse with a light that would go countryside. When we finally arrived at done, we played out in the playground on and off and younger pupils Stackpole, we were greeted by a lady and the music area. It was so fun! We designed a home for teddy. Lots and named Louise. She instructed us to take went back inside, wrote a bit in our lots of learning and everyone loves a our belongings out of the coach. When diaries while drinking hot chocolate. challenge that lets us play! we got off, she also told us to take our Then the teachers told us it was time to settle down and go to bed. By this time, With an early start on cases and leave them on the grass in front of the centre. Then we sat on the it was about 9:10pm and most of us Wednesday, 12th May, grass and she told us what life would be were tied. Except the people in Rabbit’s over fifty musicians like for the next five days. Warren that is … from the school choir The next morning, most of us woke up and orchestra travelled We were in a room called ‘Rabbit’s Warren’. We were sharing our room with at half past seven (an hour before to London to see Oliver Rhianne and Ellen. There were two sets breakfast) to get dressed, brush our hair at the Theatre Royal of bunk beds and two wardrobes (one etc. Then we went down for breakfast. Drury Lane. The show opened with was extra large, big enough for two At breakfast, there was a wide variety of “Food Glorious Food” and ended people’s clothes). There was one window things to have. You could have porridge with “Consider Yourself”. A fantastic with a breathtaking view of the pond and or cereal and some toast. After breakfast show the audience screamed and a nice radiator in the corner. We soon our instructor Ben told us about the cheered and a perfect day had a heard a knock at the door, with a few of different groups we would be in. There perfect ending when we arrived our friends desperate to see our room. were newts, sticklebacks, dragonflies home to the news “City are in the When we had unpacked and worked out and damselflies. We were in the “Play Off”. where we would sleep, we were told to sticklebacks. Then Ben told us what go down to the common room. activity we would do, what to wear and Festival Fortnight brought many what to take. activities to the school calendar. The When we were in the common room, after a yummy meal of rolls and fruit, we PTA was delighted to have a fine Our first activity was a coastal walk. We were told what activity we would be morning for the Annual Fun Run on went with an instructor called Jackie. doing first. We were all going to explore Jackie took us all across the coast. We Bank Holiday and our folk dance the area around the Stackpole centre. saw cliffs, wild ponies and even sheep! group took part in the Crowning We walked down the hill of doom and We walked so much! After loads of Ceremony that afternoon. We were visited the 8-Arch Bridge. There was a walking, we were all exhausted. So we delighted to retain three of the four very pretty river flowing underneath it walked some more (yet again!). We Boules Tournament trophies, only and Louise told us about the Cardors of passed a small beach, went up about 35 missing out on the parent’s team! Cornwall. They were a Scottish family steps (big ones) and finally got to the Come on parents – start practising for who lived in a big mansion across the rock climbing place. When we got there, next year. river. They owned the Stackpole estate we sat on a stone and had lunch. Then and did lots with it. we played a trust game. It was so Friday, 14th May brought a touring exciting! After that, Ben gave us a theatre group to the school with a Here’s a funny story they told us! One day, Mr. Cardor woke up and looked out harness. There were four jobs to do. performance of Philippa Pearce’s of his massive window, which looked There was the person at the back that children’s classic Tom’s Midnight over the Stackpole Estate. Now, the put some rope in a pink bucket. Then Garden. Year 2 to 6 watched as the night before, it was a very hot night, so there was the B layer who held the characters went back in time when Mr. Cardor didn’t bother putting a person who was climbing the rock! Also, the Grandfather clock struck 13! nightgown on. So, he was naked. At there was a person in the middle of the Rhian Richards this time in the morning, all of his two, making sure there were no knots Deputy Headteacher employees were making their way to and of course, the rock climber! We all work. As the mansion overlooked the got a go at all of the jobs. …cont. www.morganstown.org.uk is…a window on our local history 7 A TRIP TO STACKPOLE…cont. HOUSEBUILDER SIGNS AS RADYR For dinner that night, we had spaghetti bolognaise. For desert, we had apple FESTIVAL SPONSOR crumble. A great day … The next day, we did kayaking and nearly froze to death. In the afternoon, we did rock pooling. We caught so much! Now we realize that we are writing way too much for each day. We are only on Tuesday! So let’s speed it up a bit. For tea that day we had sausage and mach – yum! Thursday – On Thursday, the first activity we did was mountain biking. We went all through the lovely woodlands. After that was pond dipping. Ella, Libby and Abi’s group even caught a mussel. For tea that night we had a delicious curry. It was most of our favourites! We had two desserts! One of the desserts was jelly and ice cream. Another one of our desserts was Frankie’s birthday cake. It was yummy! That night there was a disaster. One of the girls had an asthma attack. She had to go to hospital with a teacher by ambulance. We were all very worried, but she made it in the end. Friday – The last day L. We woke up earlier than usual. We all had to leave our rooms EXACTLY how we found them. Then Louise would check our rooms. She gave most people 10. (We had 10) then told us to go down for breakfast. We just had cereal that day. We all went to the beach for the last time so that we could do our final Little Pick for John Muir Awards. At about 12.30, we went home and on the coach we watched Madagascar. Our parents were over the moon to see us. Amy Perry + Abi Pembridge.
MORGANSTOWN VILLAGE HALL CHILDREN’S PARTY. Despite not being quite ready when the Festival Queen, her Attendants and all the children arrived, the tea went well. In a remarkably short space of time the food was eaten, (including the jelly and ice-cream, enjoyed as much by the adults as the children). The parents all Taylor Wimpey has signed as a principal sponsor of this year’s Radyr & helped to clear the tables and in no time Morganstown Festival. the children were engrossed in the Lisa Haden, a sales executive for the housebuilder met with festival excellent Entertainer. 6o’clock came organisers (Nick Hawkins and David Cargill) to present them with a round too quickly. cheque for £3,000. in support of the annual celebrations. The money will Many thanks to the children, who all be used to help fund three key events over the two week extravaganza, behaved so well, to Joyce Morgan, including the Festival Fete, the Concert in the Park and the Sidings Sizzler. June Thomas, Sonia Collins, Helen and The Sidings Sizzler will take place at Taylor Wimpey’s Lychgate Gardens Katie Humphries, and Edward Thomas for their help in setting the tables. development on De Clare Drive. Thanks also the Children’s Entertainer who was brilliant, and to the Community Council for their support. www.morganstown.org.uk is…a place for you to air your views on local matters 9 FESTIVAL 2010 …continued from front cover Nicola’s Dance school all in the blue. The site was full of stalls of all kinds; teas supplied by the NSPCC, photo exhibition by Imaging 2000 and the first official outing for our Festival Queen, Eimer Rees and her attendants, Lara Watson and Erin Howard- Cook. The Queen thoroughly enjoyed the Festival with her favourites being the brass band concert, the Crowning Ceremony and all those dancers – Bryn Deri Maypole Team, Radyr Primary Folk Dancers and the Victoria George-Veal School of Dancers. Other events that they have highlighted were the citizens tea party where pupils of Bryn Deri on the Golf Club patio ready for the large Gymkhana at Ty Gwyn Farm, always a great School provided entertainment of a very high number who had booked their place for the success and the Dog Show where they standard. The winners of the colouring jazz concert and salmon en croute. The presented the owners with their rosettes. It competition received their prizes at an buckets were rattled and a few more pounds was fun to be driven in a tractor across assembly in each of the two primary schools. were raised for the Festival Charity, Ty Hafan. Gelynis Farm fields to release all those yellow Keith John, our local artist, was available to ducks for the annual Duck Dash, which was More events in the second week of the present these prizes to all the winners from a Festival included a Roald Dahl party at the won this year by Gareth Davidson. The girls very large selection of entries. would like to say thank you to Maggie library, Climbing in the Andes by Emyr Roberts for her chaperoning again this year. Whilst the Radyr Woods wardens guided a Edwards, Imaging 2000 presentation of party around our well maintained nature Radyr Festival 2010 by Mick Sullivan – all were Back to the script. Sunday brought the Radyr reserve, preparations were well in hand at a great success. This was followed on Rangers out in force for their football Morganstown Village Hall for the one-man Wednesday by a superb concert at the tournament bringing teams from all over the show – Burton by kind arrangement of Allan Methodist Hall with the mezzo-soprano, Zoë Cardiff area. The event was well marshalled Cook. Rhodri Miles took on the role of Todd, daughter of a well-known Radyr family ensuring that Pugh’s Garden Centre could Richard Burton both in looks and speech, – the Willis’. operate on one of their biggest selling days of taking us through the early years in Wales Terry Fitzgerald and his team kitted the year. and the more turbulent times in America and themselves out for the big race. The paddock Whilst the local councillors, AM Rhodri the film world. A very impressive was filled with bookies and punters spending Morgan and MP Kevin Brennan attended the performance! their well earned savings on nine different Civic Service led by Rev. Jenny Wigley, the Quiz winners at the Tenovus Night were a races. This evening alone raised over £300. barbecue was being lit in the Tennis Club for team from the committee, who swept the for the Festival Charity and kept the race- their family get-together. The Right Rev. David board – thankfully my team were not bottom goers entertained and well fed. The real Wilbourne, Assistant Bishop of Llandaff, this year! thing took place on Saturday at Ty Gwyn delivered a sermon reminding us all of the Farm when over fifty horses were jumping A good number turned up to the library for need to work together as a community and parading with young riders the ancestry morning checking on their family looking after our less fortunate friends and demonstrating their riding skills. The Fog history. In the evening we were entertained neighbours. Show was also the best ever with 45 dogs on by the National Poet for Wales, Gillian Clarke, show from the waggiest tail to the prettiest Bank Holiday Monday was promised to be fin who not only read her poetry but outlined legs – they were all winners. It’s a big thanks and sunny – it was windy and cold! her thinking processes as to how and why again to Val and Tom Allen who raised over However, it did not prevent a large entry to the poems were written in the first place. She £500. on these two events. the Fun Run and a good crowd at the told the story of the salmon, marked 60, who Crowning Ceremony of our Festival Queen took three years to swim up the River Taff The Association team dashed from the with all the dancers performing at Windsor eventually to spawn at Merthyr. She Gymkhana to Parc Radur for the Concert in Gardens. Teas in the Methodist Hall prepared reminisced about her days at Radyr the Park. Thanks to our sponsors Taylor by the ladies of the WI was again a sell-out, Comprehensive School and her poetry Wimpey, our Staging Experts MAC although I managed to get one of those readings. Scaffolding, the Tennis Club for their electric scrumptious chocolate toffee squares! The power, St. Leger for the professional Unfortunately, the weather deteriorated on Queen was off to Dan-y-Bryn to see the new connections and to Beverley Lewis for her the second weekend and both the open development of 25 new bedrooms, all with organisation. Over 300 residents turned up tennis day and the Sizzling Sidings suffered a en-suite facilities and electronic doors. This with their picnic baskets, some contained setback. The Sizzling Sidings event has now project will improve the quality of life for all mainly liquid refreshment! Seven bands kept been postponed to Saturday, 19th June, the residents at the Home. Then it is off to the the audience entertained until the sun sank in when all those activities – drama, dance, children’s tea party and a bit of entertainment the west and it was time to disconnect the circus, graffiti, stalls, entertainment etc., will and fun – more chocolate cakes! power. Some of the Association members be set up at Lychgate Gardens. However, had to make a dash then to perform in the The Festival Queen was busy in the first week Sunday brought better weather, a bit cool Parish Music Group concert “A Breath of attending discos, readings and the senior and windy, but dry! The marquees were up French Air” ably compered by Brian Willis. www.morganstown.org.uk is…a record of the work of our Community Council 11 Individual soloists and choir covered a range FUN RUN WINNERS of songs closely related to a French theme. A GIRLS 3-4 BOYS 3-4 cheque was presented to the Chairman of Ty 1st Jesse Keohane 1st Oliver Jackson Hafan, Bob Lewis, for £2,500., which 2nd Issie Tustin 2nd Max Long subsequently has been raised to £3,500. 3rd Jasmine Thomas 3rd Huw Wallace If Saturday wasn’t busy enough, Sunday GIRLS 5-6 BOYS 5-6 brought the working party out at 7.30am to 1st Emma Lightart 1st Joe Williams dismantle the marquees and the staging to 2nd Meg Cox 2nd Nicholas Lai ensure that Parc Radur was restored to its 3rd Ella Powell 3rd Alex Davies former glory, or even better! The Festival Queen and her Attendants were off on their GIRLS 7-9 BOYS 7-9 tractor ride down the banks of the River Taff 1st Rhiannon Long 1st Jack Gooch to set off the Duck Dash. Hundreds of little 2nd Alice Watson 2nd Daniel Allen yellow ducks were seen heading down 3rd Lizzie Booth 3rd Rhys Gooch stream to be caught in a large net which had been placed across the river by Ed Watt and GIRLS 10-13 BOYS 10-13 family from Gelynis Farm. The Skate Off had 1st Katy Smith 1st Elliot Slade to be delayed as the weather was a little iffy 2nd Elin Morgan 2nd Christopher Hugh again – so it was postponed to 4o’clock and 3rd Eluned Hyde 3rd Josh Gooch then further postponed to the following ADULT FEMALE ADULT MALE Sunday before the skaters and bikers were 1st Julia Tustin 1st Mark Palser able to show their skills on the boards. 2nd Elaine Wharmby 2nd Julian Carter Meanwhile, those 45 dogs were parading 3rd Joanne Lightart 3rd Mark Eldridge their stuff around the Arena in Morganstown with their very proud owners. There were 1ST RADYR GIRL HOME 1st RADYR BOY HOME teddy bears on show and again stall holders Meg Cox Joe Williams including the potter who had had a very 1ST BRYN DERI GIRL HOME 1ST BRYN DERI BOY HOME successful day at Parc Radur. The last event – Eloise Voisey Alex Davies Songs of Praise – led by Gareth Davidson with the Cambrensis Brass Ensemble, Bryn PAINTING COMPETITION Deri Choir and a packed church singing hymns old and new. Then, a final assembly RADYR PRIMARY SCHOOL BRYN DERI PRIMARY SCHOOL for a cup of tea and biscuits and again those Under 7’s Under 7’s shaking buckets. 1st Jemma Lai 1st Tiegan Sassoon Taylor 2nd Mason Evans 2nd Isabel Rose Morgan There are so many to thank – the Festival 3rd Nia Riley 3rd Richard Plow Committee, all the organisations which took part, Bernard John for the use of his Land FREESTYLE Rover and Chris Wills who was everywhere, Ella Jackson whenever he was needed. The Ken Innes HIGHLY COMMENDED HIGHLY COMMENDED Cup was presented to Chris for his unstinting Jilly Taylor Alfie Rogers work on a whole host of events, including barbecues. Thanks to our advertisers and our 7 & OVER 7 & OVER sponsors, Taylor Wimpey and Cardiff County 1st Gabrielle Rogers 1st Holly Pedlar Council. It’s all in a good cause – Ty Hafan, 2nd Lara Crowder 2nd Daniel McKerlich the family hospice for young lives. 3rd Gethin Lewis 3rd Grace Morgan We are still looking for the next generation of FREESTYLE association members for help and new ideas. Elin Crotty Are you one of those people? Please contact FESTIVAL PRIZE DRAW David Cargill on 2084 2034. We hope to see PRIZE WINNER DONEE you at the postponed event, Siding Sizzler on Manor House Wildlife Park pass Janice Evans Ty Hafan supporter the 19th June. Meal for Two Marion John Café Lazio HMS Pinafore tickets Wyn Phillips Everyman Theatre IMAGING 2000 PHOTOGRAPH Bottles of wine and chocolate Sue Roberts Ty Hafan supporter COMPETITION Product and voucher Trevor Rees Ener-Chi Basket of Fruit Jenni Veg Vendor 1st - Game on” by Tim Lewis Prescription sunglasses Sue Coysh Radyr Eyecare 2nd - “Elizabeth” by Peter Beaumont 3rd - “Buzz” by Tim Lewis Hair voucher Chris Madeley Headway Champagne Ralph Vaughan White’s, Dentist HIGHLY COMMENDED Bottles of wine Margaret Spar “Red Kite” by Mick Sullivan Cleaning voucher Leanne Collins Mr. Spotless Cleaning “Just Good Friends” by Mick Sullivan Toiletries gift set Jill Newbould Co-op Chemist Confectionery Richard Davies Staff of Martins COMMENDED Hair voucher Brian Willis X-Cell, Morganstown “Heron Rising” by Joe Brown Dry Cleaning voucher Sharon Griffiths Radyr Dry Cleaners “Impalas” by Windsor Fortt Signed print of Rugby Squad Tammy Ty Hafan supporter “Beautiful Grand-daughters” by Trevor Fox
12 www.radyr.org.uk is…a source of news about local people and events RADYR AND MORGANSTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL’S COLUMNS Radyr & Morganstown Community Council, The Old Church Rooms, Park Rd., Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF. Tel: 029 2084 2213. E-Mail: [email protected] Clerk/Clerc: Helena Fox
Welcome to our newest councillor, Ed Watt of Gelynis Farm. We are delighted to have him on the council with his energy and enthusiasm! On June 23 there may be an election for the Community Council in Radyr South ward. This would be the first time there has been an election since the late 1980s. The elected councillor will bring the number of councillors to 12 which gives us 4 councillors for each of the three wards in R&M; the others being Radyr North and Morganstown. Every council vacancy is advertised for election but it is rare that there is more than one candidate. If only one person stands they are elected unopposed. If no one stands, the Community Council must then co-opt by further advertisement and interview. Only the electors in Radyr South can vote in this election. You are in Radyr South if you vote at the Methodist Hall in Windsor Road. Poll cards will be sent out by Cardiff Council Under the 1983 Representation of the People Act, the Community Council is responsible for the cost of the election although the process is managed by Cardiff Council. The cost for this by-election will be some £3,000 and we have money in reserve to cover it. The Village Plan will be delivered to all households shortly. At the back is a list of projects identified from the Questionnaire and good progress is being made on many of them. The Plan has provided some focus for a number of things that people would like done and the RMA, R&MCC and Cllr McKerlich are working together. As one of the R&MCC projects we are planning a community event in Pentwyn Park in the early autumn. This green space between Pentwyn and Cae’r Graig is owned by R&MCC. There was a small play area there but it was removed a few years ago after repeated vandalism that made it dangerous for little children to use, cost tens of thousands of pounds to repair and residents’ understandable complaints. We plan to plant bulbs and put up bird boxes and will be inviting you to attend, particularly if you use and live near the park. The future of Radyr Library has been a controversial issue. There was a good response to the article in the last Chain and some 500 emails and reply slips were returned. There was support for both keeping the library in Park Road and moving it to the community plot at Radyr Sidings. Overall, the support was 2:1 in favour of Park Road. This information has been given to Cllr McKerlich along with a petition in favour of the Sidings signed by 114 people. 750 people signed a petition asking R&MCC to support the Park Road site. The Community Council and RMA supported the Sidings site as a way of spreading our community facilities throughout R&M to encourage the integration of the new areas with the long-standing ones. The final decision has always lain with Cardiff Council. R&MCC supports Cllr McKerlich in achieving as quickly as possible, as large a new building as is possible on the Park Road site, with the best facilities for our community. Helena Fox - Clerk
The weather summary - by John Trenchard
The daily weather article in The Guardian newspaper on 10th May this year refers to our rainfall, saying “The spring continues to unfold more slowly than usual because of the prolonged cool spell, disguising the fact that low rainfall is also threatening a summer drought. It is easy to forget after a series of wet summers that over abstraction from the aquifers for drinking water is still drying out the upper reaches of most of the rivers of southern England. The flows for the last three years have only been maintained by heavier than normal summer rainfall”. Here in Cardiff since August, 2009 there has only been one month with above average rainfall when there were 237.7mm, 79% of the 1970-2000 average. April 2010 produced another month of low rainfall with only 36.5mm, 49% of the average. During this month of May a lot of dry days seem likely. Cardiff’s longer term rainfall has been 294.5mm, 73% up to 30th April this year, compared with 327.6m, 81% for the same time last year. Over a longer period of time from 28th July, 2008 to 30th April, 2009 there has been 1024.1m, 97% whilst up to 30th April, 2010, there has been 2315.0mm, 99%. The nights of the 2nd, 3rd, 11th and 12th May threatened a ground frost in places as the temperature just above the surface of the ground varied between 1.1C to 1.8C. Looking for any frost damage on the 13th on my allotment, only a few of my potatoes had been damaged a little whilst my strawberry plants in flower had no frost damage. However, in frost-prone locations, the frost damage may well have been much worse. Nevertheless, spare a thought for those people in the frost-prone parts of the British Isles, especially gardeners in Yorkshire on the morning of the 13th, who suffered a lot of frost damage when the air temperature fell to minus 3C to minus 5C, whilst several degrees C lower just above the ground surface. No doubt, inland areas of Wales would have had a frost. For example, in south Wales at Sennybridge in Powys, the air temperature fell to minus 2.3C, but lower just above the ground surface. www.radyr.org.uk is…a source of news about local people and events 13 Todd’s murderous activities is ELLERMANS ARC SPONSOR RADYR uncovered in the crypt of St. U14 TOUR TO ITALY,2010 Dunstan’s church adjacent to the barber’s, the villain is arrested, the assistant liberated, the missing lover found slaving in the pie-shop to be re-united with his girl.
The cast clearly relished the opportunities afforded by such a fantastic plot. Roger Page as Sweeney exuded dark malevolence punctuated by a wonderfully telling laugh, his strong central performance moving the action at a brisk pace; Business owner,Tony Ellerman and his wife, I would like to thank Ellermans for their Helen Windsor gave us a Jo have recently invested into our local financial support with getting the boys a splendidly grotesque Mrs. Lovatt; community school sport by sponsoring the quality tour kit which they can wear in Italy Radyr Comprehensive School under 14 with pride while acting as ambassadors for Sarah Jones played the religious rugby team. Ellermans Accident Repair their school and their country”. fanatic Mrs. Oakley with great Centre’s sponsorship has provided the conviction; Gill Evans was a boys with a new full touring playing kit Manager of Ellermans, Mr. Phelps, said “We suitably sinister proprietor of the which they are pictured with, along with at Ellermans know the value of sport within lunatic asylum. John Hopkins, Ellermans manager, Dave Phelps and Tour schools. We hope that by investing into the Martin Jeeves and Brian Willis Captain, Matthew Marley. The school’s tour, we are helping these young lads have demonstrated their versatility in sporting venture is going to be a tough one a fantastic sporting and cultural experience. playing multiple characters. The as they are going on a tour to Verona, Italy We believe that putting something back cast also included a number of at the end of May, 2010. Here they shall into the local community is a duty of a younger actors who gave assured play a gruelling three games in six days, business and are keen to practice what we against opposition from all over the local preach. We wish the boys all the best and performances: Emily Cade as the area! Commenting on the sponsorship hope the boys can match their new kit with determined Johanna Oakley; deal, Radyr Comprehensive teach, Mr. some quality performances. We are looking Gareth Powell as the Colonel; Will Khalid Jama said “On behalf of all the boys forward to hearing how the tour went”. Fox in a variety of parts. Special praise must go to Charlie Jones for his sensitive portrayal of Todd’s and hissing the villain encouraged assistant, Tobias Ragg. Other SWEENEY by the cast who stood round the members of the cast lent solid auditorium when not actual support. performing and with apposite TODD scene-setting by a master of As mentioned above, the ceremonies who periodically left production utilised the space in an –R E V I E W – his dais to enter the action innovative way. The set was [Performance on Saturday, 24th himself. imaginative and the lighting and April, 2010] sound contributed to the The broad outline of the plot is atmosphere of gloom and doom. “Ladies and Gentlemen, I fear that well known: barber murders Mention must be made of Hector, what I am going to say will spoil customers whose bodies are then created and operated by Dave your appetites; but the truth is recycled as the filling in Burgess who in all respects, beautiful at all times”. suspiciously delicious meat pies. brought the dog to life. Along the way a devoted With an in-the-round set that sweetheart investigates the At one point, Sweeney Todd included the stage, together with mysterious disappearance of her haggles with a dealer in jewellery twenty-eight speaking parts, we lover, in the process dressing up as over the price he is seeking for the were promised a spectacular a boy to infiltrate the barber’s string of pearls. The dealer claims staging of director Allan Cook’s shop where the finger of suspicion that they are not the real deal. adaptation of the 1846 Penny in the form of her lover’s dog This production, like the pearls, Dreadful, The String of Pearls, seems to point. Prompted by was a real gem. famous for its central character, greed and self-preservation, the Sweeney Todd. And so it proved barber ‘polishes off’ one and all, to be. The production was set in poisons his baker accomplice and the context of music hall, with incarcerates his young assistant in audience contributions to booing a madhouse. The full horror of www.morganstown.org.uk is…a one-stop shop for local information 19 RADYR, have plants sufficiently advanced TREFORGAN WI to donate for sale. However, one MORGANSTOWN & of the advantages of joining our Our activities have continued DISTRICT winter meetings is that many of the apace with normal meetings speakers bring plants for sale and (third Thursday in month), the GARDENING CLUB members can often buy something craft group (first Friday in month) Writing this in mid-May, when the more unusual. Members are also and informal lunches (first temperature is struggling to reach welcome to bring a few surplus Thursday in month) being the double figures, I thought that plants which can change hands at staples. winter had passed, spring had nominal prices raising additional funds for the club. Recently, we have been shown sprung and that summer should be just around the corner. All those what beautiful items can be Our programme this year starts on seeds that were sown and nurtured obtained with machine knitting, a Wednesday, 8th September with a earlier in the year are ready and revelation in a craft normally visit to David Austin Roses near anxious to be planted out. Whilst somewhat patronised. We’ve Wolverhampton and we hope to waiting for conditions to improve, had a hands-on session about a combine this with a visit to the it gives some time to reflect upon novel way to teach children to nearby English Heritage property of the past year’s activities of the read which was great fun as well Boscobel House and Garden. The Gardening Club and look forward to as thought provoking. rest of the programme will run future activities. The Gardening from October to April, full details We enjoyed our first official Club has been in being for more still being finalised, but the participation in the Radyr Festival. than twenty years and meets on programme will include a talk on Making friendship bracelets the second Wednesday of the “Fascinating Fungi” which was proved popular with the children month from September to April postponed from January due to the and many homes must be (excluding December), with other winter snows. adorned with the tassels they activities such as the Festival Fete made so enthusiastically at our plant stall and garden visits. We meet in The New School stall. In July last year, we visited the Rooms, Christ Church, Heol Isaf at We have been on a bus trip to Bishops Palace Garden at Wells and 7.30pm (on the second Cheltenham with other WI’s and combined this with Kilver Court at Wednesday of the month) with toured that city in the rain. Shepton Mallet, a 19th century refreshments at the end of the Some of us attended the garden restored and developed by meeting. Although our meetings Glamorgan Federation Spring the Showering Family of Babysham have been well attended by meeting (a gathering of 100 of fame. The visit included the well members and visitors, like many the WI’s in Glamorgan) where stocked Plant Nursery – much to other organisations, numbers have two of our members, Jane Rees the delight of members. The fallen so whatever your interest in and Sally Thomas were presented autumn/winter programme started gardens and gardening, whether it with their prize for winning the with a talk on “Green Roofs” by be passionate about plants or bridge tournament. Aisling Judge who explained the simply interested in gardens and principle and benefits of a green garden visiting, please come along, Ruth Jones of Gavin and Stacey roof and illustrated her talk with a you will be very welcome. Full fame was the main guest speaker number of examples, including that details of the programme will be on and she was lucky enough to of the new Library in Cardiff. The the Radyr web site (www.radyr.org.uk) have her photograph taken with programme continued with when available and each meeting is some of our members outside St. “Aquilegias” by Carrie Thomas, “Pot publicised in advance on notice David’s Hall. Plants for Christmas” with Sheen boards around the village. We are looking forward to a visit Crossley, “The Winter Garden” by For further information about from a Covent Garden ballerina Kevin Thomas and “Roses” by Ivor the Gardening Club and the and talking about and walking Mace. We concluded in April with David Austin visit, please see the along the Glamorgan heritage a talk on “Britain in Bloom” with Jim web site or contact our coast. Don’t let references to Goodwin who discussed the Chairman, Jane Parry ‘walks’ deter you from joining in – judging process and illustrated his (Tel. 029 2041 9584). for some of us they are more like talk with a number of anecdotes ‘ambles’. Pace and distance are and pictures of “Do’s and Don’ts”. your choice while remaining part Unfortunately, we were unable to of the outings. run our usual Plant Stall at the For more information on any Festival Fete, the cold winter and aspect of Treforgan WI, contact spring putting everything back by Sue Smith on 029 2084 3920. between two and three weeks, meaning that members did not www.morganstown.org.uk is…a photo-archive for our local community 21 Radyr and Morganstown Mrs. Jill Newbould presenting George Association with his award The Garry Newbould Award 2010 Winner: George Carroll
Dear George, We are pleased to present you with the Garry Newbould Award for 2010. The association presents an annual award to one or more young people who, in the previous year, have demonstrated leadership and commitment to enhancing community life within your work together on a number community life within the Radyr the Radyr and Morganstown of projects. and Morganstown locality. locality. This award recognises your role as We wish you all the best for your The Garry Newbould Award a Young Leader at Radyr Tuesday forthcoming studies at Cardiff recognises the work of the past Club and your Chairmanship of University. We also look forward chairman of the Radyr and the Radyr Green Flag group. Your to working with you in the future. Morganstown Association. We values, skills and commitment Yours sincerely, are therefore delighted that you have had an invaluable impact in Chair, Radyr & Morganstown were highly respected by Garry in enhancing the environment and Association.
BRYN DERI PRIMARY shops instead of taking the car. This RADYR BECOMES can be done by email – SCHOOL [email protected] VICTIM OF CRIME h.uk or post to Bryn Deri Primary, GOES GREEN! Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8RD. In the past months Radyr has The School Watch Action Team We are working closely with ‘Bike It’ been victim to numerous (SWAT) and Eco Group would like to to encourage children to cycle to robberies and break-ins. There inform you of our green initiatives school safely. We now have a bike have been house burglaries as and ask for your help with them. shed for parking bicycles. well as cars and garages. A colleague of mine had a guy We are working towards our Green In response to an appeal from a come up his drive break into his Eco Award and after an initial teacher in Cardiff, we have collected car and steal two laptops and a environmental review, we identified pencils, sharpeners, erasers and camera. Another person had three main targets: rulers to help children in Gambia. over £l500 worth of golf clubs 1. To save energy by reducing Walk to School Week 17-21 May – stolen out of his car. The police electricity consumption. say the robbers are likely to be SWAT members will be recording part of one gang. 2. To promote health living how many children walk, cycle or through the tuck shop and are driven to school. This will link With these robberies in mind a Fruity Fridays. with Wales’s first Sustainability local business man living in 3. To reduce car travel to school. Week which is being held at the Radyr is offering great deals on same time. All children, staff and governors Residential CCTV to keep our have made pledges linked to these To help maintain our environment, a homes and belongings safe, and targets. little pick is planned later in the to help bring these criminals to summer term. justice. If you would like more We would like to involve the wider information on CCTV for your community and invite you to make a home, or garage, please call pledge to add to our pledge book. It 0808 202 6666. could be as simple as pledging to turn lights off, or to walk to the local www.morganstown.org.uk is…a window on our local history 23 CARDIFF WOMEN URGED TO UNITE TO BEAT CANCER WITH RACE FOR LIFE 2010
Sign up for amazing moments at Race for Life 5k - Sunday 18 July at is at the heart of that progress. By Cardiff Race for Life 2010 11 am in Bute Park - target of 7000 helping to raise money through Race participants raising £360,370 Race for Life, our supporters are turning This year Cancer Research UK's for Life 5k - Sunday 18 July at 3pm hope into reality. Race for Life Cardiff's Race for Life in Bute Park - target of 7000 events are going to be full of Every day, around 47 people are participants raising £360,370. amazing moments for everyone. diagnosed with cancer in Wales. Race for Life is the UK's largest So, why not enter with friends, family Every year, around 17,200 people women only fundraising event where and colleagues and make a great were diagnosed with cancer in all the money raised goes to funding day out this summer? Enter now at or Wales. Race for Life started in 1994. Cancer Research UK's lifesaving call 0871 641 1111. Volunteers are At the time, many people diagnosed work. Whether you walk, jog or run also required and are so valuable to with cancer did not survive. But over 5k or step up the challenge and the success of the events. If you the last 16 years, money generated double your distance by taking part would like to volunteer to support by Race for Life has supported in Race for Life 10k, you can join South Wales' Race for Life events Cancer Research UK's work and thousands of women all round the with promotion and on the day help now the overall death rate for the country raising money to help beat register at: disease has dropped by 15 per cent. cancer. www.raceforlife.org/support-race- Cancer Research UK spent over £4 forlife/volunteer.aspx Last year million last year in Wales on some of Vikki Savery, Cancer Research UK's 12,626 women walked, jogged or the UK's leading scientific and South Wales Events Manager, said: ran Cardiff's two Race for Life 5k clinical research. For example. "This year Cancer Research UK's events, which took place for the 15th Cardiff is the home for one of our Race for Life is going to be full of time in the city and raised an new Cancer Research UK Centres. amazing moments for everyone from incredible £620,407 through The Cardiff Centre will help set the lining up at the start, side-by-side sponsorship. In 2010 organisers are pace for national and international with thousands of other women, to encouraging women to put their best progress in cancer genetics. reading the inspirational 'back-signs' feet forward and raise £733,240. Researchers at the Centre will be worn by participants to the fantastic focusing on the biology and sense of achievement from crossing Cardiff participants will be part of a treatment of bowel, breast and the finish line." total of 700,000 women taking part urological cancers and leukaemia. in over 230 events across the UK She added: "Women of all ages, They will also be working on how to between May and July. Cancer abilities, shapes and sizes take part make sure cancer is detected earlier Research UK hopes that together take part in Race for Life. They so the chances of successful they will raise a total of £60 million motivate and inspire each other to treatment are higher. to fund the charity's life saving work. complete the 5k course. Many One-in-three people in the UK will be simply walk around, chatting and diagnosed with cancer at some having fun but they all share the stage in their lives. But the good wonderful atmosphere at the event. news is that more people are This year Cardiff has two more beating the disease than ever events taking place: before. Cancer Research UK's work www.radyr.org.uk is…a record of the work of our Community Council 27 NSPCC COFFEE RADYR & The Duck Race MORNING MORGANSTOWN The weather was not quite so FRIENDS OF nice, but it did not dampen the The Radyr NSPCC Committee held a enthusiasm of the 30 or so very successful “Spring Coffee Morning” TENOVUS spectators who came to watch this at Radyr Golf Club on 29th April, raising in excess of £1,000. A further £300. was exciting race! SPONSORED WALK & made from the sale of tea and cakes at STRAWBERRY TEA The Festival Queen and her the Radyr Festival Fete. attendants, put all the Ducks in the The money is to go to the ‘Building This year’s Tenovus River after a bumpy tractor ride Brighter Futures Appeal’. This appeal is sponsored walk will take across the fields,( the highlight of intended to support the services carried place on Sunday, 27th June the week for the girls, but Not for out at the new purpose-built centre in and will start at the Tennis Cardiff. A generous donation by the Courts in Cardiff Castle Mick Sullivan, the photographer) major benefactor, Diane Englehardt, grounds at 2.00pm. This is enabled this centre to be built, but money At first the ducks stayed in a tightly is needed so that the NSPCC can one of our major fund- packed group, a yellow mass continue working with the vulnerable raising events when we moving slowly down the river, but children and parents who so urgently hope to see many of our within a few minutes they began to need our help. supporters taking part. spread out and by the time they The Radyr Committee would like to thank our supporters who always give so Upon arrival at were 20 yard from the Black generously. The Golf Club allows us the Christchurch. Radyr, they Bridge there was a clear winner, will be treated to a use of the room. Christine Davies kindly albeit floating sideways!, donated the raffle prize ‘Sunday Lunch strawberry tea as a thank We are so grateful to Margaret for Two’ and her help with the event is you for their efforts. much appreciated. We are also grateful Watt and family at Gelynis Farm However, should you prefer, to Pugh’s Garden Centre who again for making us so welcome, for the donated their excellent plants. just come along at 3.15pm cup of tea and a welsh cake after and enjoy an afternoon tea A new event this year was the stall the race, provided by the Treorchy Knitting Centre. of home-made scones and Thanks also to Edward, Annabel This group of skilled knitters generously freshly picked strawberries and Laura in the canoe, and to donated their colourful hand-made toys, on the lawn at Christchurch baby clothes and shawls to be sold in aid John Craddock, who spent so long prepared by Janet Boyce of the NSPCC. They are now busily in the river, we wonder if he’s and other members of the knitting for our Christmas Coffee Morning warmed up yet. local Tenovus committee. which takes place on 25th November! Tickets are priced at Adults - Special thanks to Joyce £4.00 and Children under Morgan whose had the 11 - £2.00. and are idea for a Duck race, 22 available from Janet – Tel. years ago, and who 2084 2887. has sold the majority of the ducks every year. The sponsored walk raises much needed funds which 1st Prize……No. will help Tenovus to provide 172….. additional care and support Gareth Davison. for people affected by cancer and this is only possible due to the 2nd Prize…..No. continued help that we 57……. receive from friends and the Chris Dale. local community. We look forward to your 3rd Prize…..No support and sponsor forms 52…….. are available from the Jan Davies. Secretary. Betty Fitzgerald – Tel. 2084 2096.
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14 www.radyr.org.uk is…a notice-board for you to use www.radyr.org.uk is…a notice-board for you to use 15 The lead singer of the winning BATTLE OF THE BANDS band has also recently been awarded the title ‘’Best young A date set on the calendar each year ten band ‘’Session One’’. singer in Wales’’ after winning year as part of the Cardiff Band members included lead the National Youth Events Youth Services events singer Matthew Brettle, along singing competition, where he programme is the Battle of the with musicians Robert Horton, represented Cardiff on April Bands. The competition provides Adam Morris, Rushil Sharma and 21st. Matthew then progressed promising young musicians with Christopher Pawley, all students to compete against the chance to compete against at Radyr Comprehensive School. representatives from 22 other one another, and gain The band stole the show and are counties across Wales on May performance experience. undoubtedly destined for 9th and won again after success. Other contenders for performing an exceptional Semi finals were held earlier the winning place included bands version of the Queen song ‘’I this year on the 8th March, and ‘’Any other day’’ and ‘’Third want to break free’’. the winners for 2010 were a Degree’’.
Battle of the Bands winners Band ‘Any Other Day’ along with Battle of the Bands ‘Session One’. members of the audience. judging panel
Members of the local youth YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARDS clubs in Radyr, Creigiau and Gwaelod have been rewarded for earlier this year, having well as contribute to their their outstanding efforts in completed the award scheme community in some way. The achieving the ‘’Youth over the last 12 months. awards were presented by the Achievement Awards’’. Around Lord Mayer, and the Young 60 Radyr junior members aged The award winners had to learn Achievers have definitely shown between eleven and thirteen new skills in a range of different their commitment and drive attended the awards ceremony fields including cookery, sport, towards making our community a held in City hall on 28th April arts and crafts and cookery, as better place for young people.
Young Achievers Award Winners
16 www.morganstown.org.uk is…a place for you to air your views on local matters DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDS Congratulations to the Bronze participants of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme, who recently completed their practice and qualifying day walks at Brecon. A total of 74 members completed the Bronze expedition from the local area alone, and a further 16 members Duke of Edinburgh achieved their silver awards. Bronze qualifying walks
SPANISH EXCHANGE Day. Organised by the Radyr and youth hostel in Fowey. T h e TRIP Morganstown Association, the students also got the chance to Despite the recent calamity Methodist Church and the Radyr visit Truro’s Skate Plaza and caused by the Iceland dust cloud Youth Club and sponsored by Hengoed Outdoor Skate Park in 22 year eight students were still Taylor Wimpey, the day will Bristol, and were lucky enough to able to fly out from Barcelona to offer a whole host of different watch a display from pro take part in the welsh events that will appeal to all. BMXers whilst on the trip. They department’s Spanish exchange Just some of the activities on also held a Skate Off trip at Radyr Comprehensive. offer are workshops for Dance, competition as part of the Radyr The students arrived on Drama, Graffiti, Circus Skills, festival earlier this year to Wednesday … and left after a Arts and Crafts, as well as food promote the club to young week of site seeing and tours and music for everyone. Salon audiences.If you are interested around the city. Local families Nia are also offering free mini in participating in the next within the community facials and manicures, and the Skate Safari trip join the Radyr accommodated for the guest activities on offer will be Youth Club and ask for more students, and Radyr pupils are suitable for 11-18’s. details within. Senior youth club due to fly out to Spain in is held every Tuesday 6.30-8.30 October later this year for a SKATE SAFARI at Radyr Comprehensive. return visit. Following the success of the 4th Skate Safari trip to Cornwall earlier this year the Radyr UP AND COMING Youth Forum are now organising the 5th trip this summer. Pupils EVENTS from Radyr Comprehensive THE SIDINGS participated in the 4th Skate- Battle of the Bands, off at Mount Hawke indoor SIZZLER Young Achievers, skate park in Truro, Cornwall On Saturday 19th June the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and after arranging the trip Chantry at the Sidings will be Up and Coming Events articles by themselves and staying at a local hosting the first ever Youth Jessica Ure www.morganstown.org.uk is…a place for you to air your views on local matters 17